Andreas S. Jensen
Andreas S. Jensen is a songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist.
[edit] Career
Andreas S Jensen, is best known as the writer/remixer of Armand Van Helden's hit "My My My" the second most played song on BBC's Radio 1 in 2006 (more info further down). Andreas originally made his name in music in his early teens in his native Denmark, playing bass and singing in bands signed to BMG/Ariola, EMI-Medley etc. He later relocated to London, joining the British band Dweeb (Blanco Y Negro/Warner) and spending a short stint playing guitar for Innersleeve (Fierce Panda).
Recent work includes vocal production on Dido's new album (Island Records) with Rizzle Kicks, producing The King Blues' single "Under The Lampost", The Neutronics, Beatbullyz, Pete Lawrie and Speech Debelle.
Jensen's song "Painfully Easy" (co-written with Julia Coles) features on Stefanie Heinzmann's album Masterplan (2008) which went number two on the German Album Chart. His song "So High" (co-written with Delroy Blake and produced by Jensen) features on Kevin Lyttle's self-titled debut album, released by Atlantic Records, which sold approximately 500,000 copies. As part of The Funktuary,[1] Jensen co-wrote, remixed and did additional production on Armand Van Helden's "My My My (The Funktuary Radio Edit)",[2] which was the second most played track on BBC Radio 1 in 2006.[citation needed] Andreas co-wrote "Said I'd Show You" on Nate James' debut album Set The Tone (2005), and the song "SMF", which featured on Nate's 2007 album Kingdom Falls, while his song "Baby, Baby" was a Top 40 hit for the Belgian pop star Isabelle Adam in 2004.
In 2010 Jensen co-wrote and produced all eleven songs on The Funktuary's debut album. The Hot City remix of the song "Wip Electric" received support and airplay from BBC Radio 1's Judge Jules and Annie Mac, Kiss FM's Sinden and Loose Cannon, another remix of "Wip Electric" was done by French remixer team Auto, while the Dave Silcox remix of "House On The Hill" written with Chipmunk collaborator Loick Essien (RCA/Sony) was playlisted for six weeks on Gaydar Radio, and was on the Cool Cuts Chart and RecordOfTheDay.com. Other recent work includes producing The King Blues' single "Under The Lampost", The Neutronics coming album, Beatbullyz, Pete Lawrie and Speech Debelle.
In 2007, Jensen remixed the Dave Matthews Band hit "Crash Into Me". As part of the Wise Buddah roster, Jensen and Richard Evans remixed/produced the radio mix of "Truly" by Delerium feat. Nerina Pallot (Nettwerk), which went to number 1 on the UK club charts in early 2004, and remixed Jennifer Ellison's "Bye Bye Boy" single. During the Wise Buddah years, Jensen also did two radio mixes of "Been Around The World" by Zena, the first featuring Beenie Man, and the latter Vybz Kartel. He also produced Britains contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 "Teenage Life", by Daz Sampson.[3]
Jensen has written songs with Cass Fox, Rollo Armstrong, Booty Luv, Tara McDonald, Dustin Welch, Ollie J, Nate James, Jess Greenfield, Loick Essien, Ralph McCarthy, Harmonay, Dominic Brown, Holly James, Joe Killington (aka 2 Ton), Julia Coles, Adam Powers, Liberty X, D-Side, Marcus Winther-John (co-writer of several hits with Danish EMI artist Tim Christensen), and other writers.
Andreas has performed on recordings and/or gigged with Kyla La Grange, Armand Van Helden, Shelley Nelson, The King Blues, Dave Matthews, Kevin Lyttle, Delerium/Nerina Pallot, Bjorn Again, Beenie Man, Vybz Kartel, Liberty X, Daz Sampson and many, many others.
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